A Survey of the Interstellar Medium in Early-Type Galaxies. III. Stellar and Gas Kinematics

Caon, N.; Macchetto, Duccio; Pastoriza, Miriani
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The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Volume 127, Issue 1, pp. 39-58.

Fecha de publicación:
3
2000
Número de autores
3
Número de autores del IAC
1
Número de citas
101
Número de citas referidas
91
Descripción
We present gaseous and stellar kinematics for 14 gas-rich early-type galaxies. Half of the sample exhibit irregular gaseous velocity profiles; gas/star counter-rotation is visible in five galaxies. We also find five counter-rotating stellar cores, while five more galaxies display inner components kinematically decoupled from the main stellar body. We interpret our results as an indication that the ionized gas is of external origin, is generally not in equilibrium, and may have been acquired recently. The merging or accretion events that brought the gas into the galaxy have also affected the stellar kinematics. Based on observations collected at the European Southern Observatory.